[cayugabirds-l] Hudsonian Godwit with a very straight bill
Among the snipe, pipits and many shorebirds at Montezuma yesterday was a godwit in adult winter plumage. We had excellent looks and took a raft of photos that we can share with anyone interested. We had an ID problem with this bird as the bill appeared absolutely straight much as one would see on a Black-tailed Godwit (limosa limosa). The bi-color bill pattern was closer to Hudsonian (darker). While the bird was very actively moving and feeding, it took an age for it to show its underwing. At that point we went with Hudsonian due the narrow wingstipe on dark wing. The upper tail coverts were closer to the notch present on a Black-tailed and the bird seemed overall larger than expected but the two are only a bit different in size. Interesting drill but made for bleary eyes. Does anyone know if the two have interbred? Sorry Chris, not a single swallow at MNWR yesterday. John -- Dr.John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ Conserve and Create Habitat -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] 17 small egrets flying north in Ithaca
Seen with naked eye from e buffalo. Appeared smaller than great so possibly snowy or cattle? Headed towards east shore of lake Chris Dalton Ithaca, ny Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Etna Pine Siskins
Along with everyone else who is seeing Pine Siskins..there were several Pine Siskins at the feeders in Etna when I left the house this morning. Good birding! Sincerely, Chris T-H -- Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 W: 607-254-2418 M: 607-351-5740 F: 607-254-1132 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Wed. 10/27/10 CATTLE EGRETS
Hi all, Indeed I was stunned to see 17 CATTLE EGRETS flying low over the inlet directly towards me when all of a sudden they veered westward and circled up high over the golf course. I ran back to my car and was able to take a few photos before they disappeared out of view. I missed one bird in my initial hasty attempt at a count but my photos clearly show 17 birds, which agrees with Chris Dalton's count of the birds over E. Buffalo St. http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5120735920/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5120736056/http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/5120736056/in/photostream/ Location: Stewart Park Observation date: 10/27/10 8:00-9:15 Number of species: 42 Canada Goose 250 American Black Duck 5 American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1 Mallard 150 Redhead 4 Greater Scaup 1 Bufflehead 10 Hooded Merganser 2 Common Merganser 5 Ruddy Duck 12 Common Loon 2 Double-crested Cormorant 30 Great Blue Heron 1 Cattle Egret 17 Flying south low over the inlet and circled up over the golf course. Twelve minutes later Chris Dalton observed these birds from E. Buffalo St!! Turkey Vulture 8 Bald Eagle 1 American Coot 8 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Ring-billed Gull 20 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Rock Pigeon 35 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Blue Jay 10 American Crow 10 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 4 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 75 Cedar Waxwing 15 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12 Palm Warbler (Western) 1 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 80 Common Grackle 60 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 60 House Sparrow 20 -- Tim Lenz t...@cornell.edu Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egrets
A very unusual intense fall storm has been hitting the upper midwest the last couple days. This storm set an all-time record low atmospheric pressure reading for USA yesterday for a storm of non-tropical origin (i.e excluding hurricanes). The barometer dropped to a record low pressure reading of 28.20 inches or 955 mb in northern Minnesota. This is a giant storm spanning from Canada to the Gulf that gave us a few day period of pronounced south winds aloft. It does not surprise me that vagrants are appearing from the south...i.e CAVE SWALLOWS and now CATTLE EGRET. Who knows what else is out there? Anyway, I am uncertain about what kind of wind patterns it takes to bring Old World species over to North America. I would imagine it would be a prolonged east wind that extends from Europe to North America. This rarely happens...especially at higher altitudes. Interesting thought though... Dave Nicosia From: grosb...@clarityconnect.com grosb...@clarityconnect.com To: cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu; cny-naturalhist...@darkstar.cortland.edu; nysbird...@cornell.edu Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 10:34:12 AM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egrets Hello all, Given there are nearly 40+ CATTLE EGRETS (assuming the Ontario 14 are not the same Inds as the Ithaca 16) in the northeast right now, and given this is an Old World species that naturally colonized the States, I wonder if these are birds coming from the Old World and not birds moving in from southern States? Is there a weird weather pattern going on across the Pond or to our south? I guess the strong southern winds could explain it. cheers, Matt mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Mundy at lunch
Hi all, After long time I took a walk around in Mundy wildflower Garden. As expected, I did see a few Golden-crowned Kinglets with locals, but no Yellow-rumps. I was glad to see some fall colors too, I thought I had missed it this year. A monarch was heading southeast in this windy weather. Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdfhttp://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] bluebirds
While at work early this morning in Caroline, I heard a plethora of E. BLUEBIRD call notes. Looking up, I counted about 125 of them, heading south. Largest flock of bluebirds I've ever seen. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cattle Egret, Stewart Park and Treman
While at Stewart Park, around 4:30, a Cattle Egret flew down the shore, from the east, circled Treman Marina a few times before landing. I drove over to the marina and found him perched on the docks just north of the restroom building. Stuart Krasnoff joined me and took some pictures. The Egret looked to be settling in for the night right in the center of a flock of Ring-billed Gulls. If anyone was there before dawn they could probably catch him still roosting. I'm curious if all seventeen Egrets Tim and Chris saw are still around Ithaca or just one. Gary -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
